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The Gilbert Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Gilbert Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$987k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$990kEducation$92kHuman Services$47kReligion$29kYouth Development$24kAnimals$24kArts & Culture$21kEnvironment$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $39k
  • $250k+1 grant · $987k
$4,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DICK GILBERT CHARITABLE FUND$987,319
BOY'S & GIRL'S HAVEN$5,000
LYPC CO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE$5,000
LIGHTHOUSE PROMISE INC$4,500
PARKLANDS OF FLOYDS FORK$4,000
KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY$4,000
BEST BUDDIES IN KENTUCKY$3,000
HEUSER HEARING & LANGUAGE ACAD$3,000
LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$3,000
VIPS$3,000
SUMMERBRIDGE LOUISVILLE$2,800
OPERATION PARENT$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE ARROW FUND: $2k → 4%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $6k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $5k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $5k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $3k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $2k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $2k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $4k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $3k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $3k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $3k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 80% of The Gilbert Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in KY; by stated purpose, 20%.

The Gilbert Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

16%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$204k · 18 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
24

Total granted

$204k
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+37%

Still filing today

89%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LF
    LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIO
    7× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +220%
  • BL
    BREAKTHROUGH LOUISVILLE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +45%
  • TH
    THE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $13k · revenue +201%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +37%
  • AP
    AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +71%
  • PA
    PARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +11%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
2
The Louisville Urban League Inc

As an active partner, leader and catalyst, we will assist african americans, other minority groups and the disadvantaged attain social and economic equality and stability through direct services and advocacy.

Human Services
3
Thrive By 5 Louisville Inc

Thrive by 5 louisville is making early learning a top priority for louisville, breaking down barriers for the future of our children and city.

Education
4
Endeavor Louisville Inc

Endeavor Louisville is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in our region.…

International
5
Kentucky Public Radio Inc

Lpm provides independent and courageous news, music and experiences that serve the needs and aspirations of our diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
6
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
7
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
8
Montessori School of Louisville Inc

We ignite the child's innate love of learning in a diverse and nurturing community by integrating authentic montessori philosophy with contemporary research-based educational methods. we empower each individual to make knowledgeable,…

Education
9
Louisville Nature Center Inc

The mission of the louisville nature center is to be a catalyst for conservation through environmental education and connection to nature for every person.

Environment
10
Wilderness Louisville Inc

We are stewards of natural areas and champions of nature education, recreation, and youth. our mission is to provide and sustain quality natural spaces in louisville and ensure there is equitable access for the community.

Environment
11
Louisville Academy of Music

The louisville academy of music welcomes everyone to join our musical community. lam nurtures lifelong learners, not solely as musicians but also as creative, inspired people. equity in music education is a force to realize potential,…

Arts & Culture
12
Greater Louisville Sports Commission Inc

To attract, create, and host quality sporting events in the louisville area that increase economic vitality, enhance the quality of life, promote healthy lifestyles, and brand louisville as a great place to live, work, and play.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Louisville Free Public Library Foundatio; the most unlike its peers is West End School Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
28/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DICK GILBERT CHARITABLE FUND: $987,319 · OtherDICK GILBERT CHARITABLE FUND+23 more: $110,858 · Other+23 moreLOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIO: $20,100 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH LOUISVILLE INC: $15,100 · EducationWest End School Inc: $10,000 · EducationSUMMIT ACADEMY OF GREATER LOUISVILLE INC: $9,000 · EducationCampbellsville University Inc: $3,000 · EducationHEUSER HEARING & LANGUAGE ACADEMY: $3,000 · EducationSowing Seeds with Faith Inc: $3,000 · EducationNATIVITY ACADEMY AT SAINT BONIFACE: $2,820 · Educationthe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc: $22,727 · Human ServicesTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $12,800 · Human ServicesTHE ARROW FUND INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE PROMISE INC: $20,500 · ReligionPASSIONIST EARTH & SPIRIT CENTER IN: $5,000 · ReligionTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureRADIO EYE INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureLOUISVILLE STORY PROGRAM: $3,000 · Arts & CultureLOUISVILLE ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCES WILDLIFE CENTER: $4,000 · AnimalsKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $4,000 · AnimalsWATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentPARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Environment
Other$1,098,177Education$66,020Human Services$37,527Religion$25,500Arts & Culture$23,000Animals$16,500Environment$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetthe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc: $22,727 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE PROMISE INC: $20,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetLOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIO: $20,100 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH LOUISVILLE INC: $15,100 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $12,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWest End School Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMIT ACADEMY OF GREATER LOUISVILLE INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISVILLE ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budget21ST CENTURY PARKS INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTREESLOUISVILLE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRADIO EYE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPASSIONIST EARTH & SPIRIT CENTER IN: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND CHANCES WILDLIFE CENTER: $4,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOPERATION PARENT: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISUALLY IMPARIED PRESCHOOL SERVICES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCampbellsville University Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEUSER HEARING & LANGUAGE ACADEMY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSowing Seeds with Faith Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLOUISVILLE STORY PROGRAM: $3,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUSPIRITUS INC (BELLEWOOD & BROOKLAWN): $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVITY ACADEMY AT SAINT BONIFACE: $2,820 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEHOUSE INC: $2,570 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFamily Community Clinic Inc: $2,100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ARROW FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFEAT OF LOUISVILLE INC: $1,575 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…Cralle Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…V V Cooke Foundation …Honorable Order of Ke…Snowy Owl Foundation …Republic Bank Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…Wood & Marie Hannah F…
The Gheens Foundation IncKY57.1× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · V V Cooke Foundation Corporation · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Wood & Marie Hannah Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Gilbert Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gilbert Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Gilbert Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Gilbert Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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